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| Grace Xueqin MaSummaryAffiliation: Temple University Country: USA Publications
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Prostate cancer screening among chinese american men: a structural modelGrace X Ma
Department of Public Health, College of Health Professions, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Am J Health Behav 36:495-504. 2012..To test the Sociocultural Health Behavior Model in relation to the health behavior of prostate cancer (PCa) screening among Chinese American men...- Correlates of cervical cancer screening among Vietnamese American womenGrace X Ma
Department of Public Health, College of Health Professions, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol 2012:617234. 2012..This study was to determine whether demographic and acculturation, healthcare access, and knowledge and beliefs are associated with a prior history of cervical cancer screening among Vietnamese women... 
Workplace-based breast cancer screening intervention in chinaGrace X Ma
Department of Public Health, Center for Asian Health, College of Health Professions, Temple University, 913 Ritter Annex, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 21:358-67. 2012..Indeed, studies have shown a consistent increase in breast cancer rates among Chinese women over the past two decades in the absence of breast cancer screening guidelines...
Asian Tobacco Education and Cancer Awareness Research Special Population Network. A model for reducing Asian American cancer health disparitiesGrace X Ma
Center for Asian Health, Department of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122 0843, USA
Cancer 107:1995-2005. 2006..Cancer 2006. (c) 2006 American Cancer Society...- Risk perceptions and barriers to Hepatitis B screening and vaccination among Vietnamese immigrantsGrace X Ma
Department of Public Health, College of Health Professions, Temple University, 1700 N Broad Street, 304A Vivacqua Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19122 0843, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 9:213-20. 2007.... - Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of hepatitis B screening and vaccination and liver cancer risks among Vietnamese AmericansGrace Xueqin Ma
Department of Public Health and Center for Asian Health, College of Health Professions, at Temple University, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 18:62-73. 2007..5%) while 7.5% were ever screened and 6.3% had been vaccinated. Community-based, culturally appropriate interventions for Vietnamese Americans and health care providers should increase screening and vaccination rates... - Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of Chinese hepatitis B screening and vaccinationGrace X Ma
Department of Public Health, Director of Center for Asian Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122 0843, USA
Am J Health Behav 32:178-87. 2008..To measure the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of Hepatitis B (HBV) screening and vaccination in the Chinese American population... - Cancer screening behaviors and barriers in Asian AmericansGrace X Ma
Department of Public Health, Center for Asian Health, College of Health Professions, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122 0843, USA
Am J Health Behav 33:650-60. 2009..To determine differences in screening for routine physical exam and cancers among Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Cambodian Americans... - Factors associated with cervical cancer screening compliance and noncompliance among Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Cambodian womenGrace X Ma
Department of Public Health, College of Health Professions, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122 0843, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 101:541-51. 2009..The purpose of this study was to determine factors associated with cervical cancer screening compliance and noncompliance among Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Cambodian women aged 18 years and older... - Community-based colorectal cancer intervention in underserved Korean AmericansGrace X Ma
Department of Public Health, Center for Asian Health, College of Health Professions, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122 0843, USA
Cancer Epidemiol 33:381-6. 2009.... - Role of sociocultural factors in hepatitis B screening among Asian AmericansGrace X Ma
Department of Public Health, Center for Asian Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
South Med J 104:466-72. 2011..To apply the proposed Sociocultural Health Behavior Model to determine association of factors related to hepatitis B virus (HBV) screening among Asian Americans... - Tobacco dependence, risk perceptions and self-efficacy among Korean American smokersGrace X Ma
Department of Public Health, Center for Asian Health, College of Health Professions, Temple University, 304A Vivacqua Hall, P O Box 2843, Philadelphia, PA 19122 0843, USA
Addict Behav 31:1776-84. 2006..The findings suggest that enhancing self-efficacy among older and less educated smokers may improve the efficacy of smoking cessation efforts that target Korean smokers... - Knowledge, attitudes and behavior regarding secondhand smoke among Asian AmericansGrace X Ma
Department of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122 0843, USA
Prev Med 41:446-53. 2005.... - Tobacco use, secondhand smoke exposure and their related knowledge, attitudes and behaviors among Asian AmericansGrace X Ma
Department of Public Health, College of Health Professions, Temple University, 304A Vivacqua Hall, P O Box 2843, Philadelphia, PA 19122 0843, USA
Addict Behav 30:725-40. 2005..S. Findings provide comprehensive insights into tobacco use and related KAB among Asian Americans that reflect the need for developing culturally appropriate programs for this underserved population... - Perceptions of risks of smoking among Asian AmericansGrace X Ma
Department of Public Health, Center for ATECAR, Temple University, 304A Vivacqua Hall, P O Box 2843, Philadelphia, PA 19122 0843, USA
Prev Med 37:349-55. 2003..Tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of illness and death in the United States. Few studies focus on Asian Americans, one of the fastest growing but underserved populations in the United States... - Differences in stages of change of smoking behavior among current smokers of four Asian American subgroupsGrace X Ma
Department of Public Health, Center for Asian Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122 0843, USA
Addict Behav 28:1431-9. 2003..Men were more likely than women to be in the preparation stage. Immigration status was not a significant predictor of stages... - Acculturation and smoking behavior in Asian-American populationsGrace X Ma
Center for Asian Health, Department of Public Health, College of Health Professions, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
Health Educ Res 19:615-25. 2004..Smoking rates for all females were generally lower than those of males regardless of acculturation status; however, acculturated adult females had a higher smoking rate than the less acculturated... - Development of a culturally appropriate smoking cessation program for Chinese-American youthGrace X Ma
Center for Asian Health, Department of Public Health, Temple University, 304A Vivaqua Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19122 0843, USA
J Adolesc Health 35:206-16. 2004..To identify potential cultural factors to enhance the efficacy of smoking cessation curricula for Asian-American adolescents, Chinese-Americans, and to present the process and challenges of implementing a culturally specific curriculum... - ATECAR: An Asian American community-based participatory research model on tobacco and cancer controlGrace X Ma
Department of Public Health, Center for Asian Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
Health Promot Pract 5:382-94. 2004..Facilitating factors in partnership building, and implications of employing this model in this ethnically and racially diverse population, are further discussed... - The effect of a culturally tailored smoking cessation for Chinese American smokersDunli Wu
NYC Branch of Center for Asian Health, Department of Public Health, College of Health Professions, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 11:1448-57. 2009.... - The impact of acculturation on smoking in Asian American homesGrace X Ma
Department of Public Health, Center for Asian Health, Temple University, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 15:267-80. 2004..The same variables predicted allowing visitors to smoke in the home, excluding being female. Protective factors included being more educated, being older, and having children under 18 at home... - Breast cancer early detection among Chinese women in the Philadelphia areaXuefen Su
Center for Asian Health, College of Health Professions, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122-0843, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 15:507-19. 2006..Recommendations include a call for physician education to improve breast cancer screening rates in this population... - The Asian Tobacco Education, Cancer Awareness and Research's role in tobacco and cancer control efforts in Asian American communitiesGrace X Ma
Asian Tobacco Education, Cancer Awareness and Research ATECAR, USA
Asian Am Pac Isl J Health 10:25-39. 2003..This article also presents ATECAR, the first long-term federal effort in tobacco and cancer control targeting the multi-ethnic Asian American communities in this area... - Awareness of cancer information among Asian AmericansGrace X Ma
Center for ATECAR, Department of Health Studies, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122 0843, USA
J Community Health 28:115-30. 2003..This study suggests urgent needs to educate Asian Americans about important cancer control issues and services and highlights the differences in baseline knowledge and attitudes among the various ethnic groups... - Ethnic differences in adolescent smoking behaviors, sources of tobacco, knowledge and attitudes toward restriction policiesGrace X Ma
Department of Health Studies, 304A Vivacqua Hall, Temple University, P O Box 2843, Philadelphia, PA 19122 0843, USA
Addict Behav 28:249-68. 2003..Educational prevention programs, especially parenting programs should be employed to reduce smoking... - Perceived risks of certain types of cancer and heart disease among Asian American smokers and non-smokersGrace X Ma
Department of Health Studies, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122 0843, USA
J Community Health 27:233-46. 2002..Generally, however, results showed that the awareness level was higher among women and the more educated respondents, non-smokers and former smokers, and Chinese and Korean groups... - Prevalence and predictors of tobacco use among Asian Americans in the Delaware Valley regionGrace X Ma
Department of Health Studies, Center for ATECAR, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122 0843, USA
Am J Public Health 92:1013-20. 2002..This study examined tobacco use rates and potential predictors of use among Asian Americans residing in the Delaware Valley region...
Research Grants
- ASIAN TOBACCO EDUCATION & CANCER AWARENESS RESEARCH INITGrace Ma; Fiscal Year: 2004..abstract_text> ..
- A Culturally Appropriate Cervical Cancer Intervention for Underserved VietnameseGrace X Ma; Fiscal Year: 2010....
- A Culturally Appropriate Cervical Cancer Intervention for Underserved VietnameseGrace Ma; Fiscal Year: 2009....
- A Randomized Trial of Hep B Screening and Vaccination in High Risk VietnameseGrace Ma; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- A Culturally Appropriate Cervical Cancer Intervention for Underserved VietnameseGrace Ma; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- ATECAR: Asian Training, Education on Cancer & ResearchGrace Ma; Fiscal Year: 2007..populations (3 major objectives and 11 sub-objectives are proposed); and Aim III, establish credibility and sustainability of ATECAR CN programs that reduce cancer health disparities (3 major objectives and 2 sub-objectives are proposed) ..
- A Randomized Trial of Hep B Screening and Vaccination in High Risk VietnameseGrace X Ma; Fiscal Year: 2010....